. The Ladies' home journal. sonscollege career at William and Mary with George Wythe, in the housewhich occupies the next two pages. Thanks to the munificence of , the town of Williamsburg has been so faithfully broughtback to life that you see it now as it was two centuries ago. And here,on these pages, thanks to Mrs. Archibald McCrea, of Carters Grove; toMrs. Richard Crane, of Westover; and to the Colonial Williamsburg,we give you houses from both town and country at their best. estover When William Byrd in 1729 wrote to a friend in London that ina year or two I intend to set a
. The Ladies' home journal. sonscollege career at William and Mary with George Wythe, in the housewhich occupies the next two pages. Thanks to the munificence of , the town of Williamsburg has been so faithfully broughtback to life that you see it now as it was two centuries ago. And here,on these pages, thanks to Mrs. Archibald McCrea, of Carters Grove; toMrs. Richard Crane, of Westover; and to the Colonial Williamsburg,we give you houses from both town and country at their best. estover When William Byrd in 1729 wrote to a friend in London that ina year or two I intend to set about building a very goodhouse he made something of an understatement; for what he didin fact erect was the masterpiece on the opposite page—themansion called Westover. As you can see, the morning sun acrossthe James lights up one of the loveliest facades in America,shines on one of the most beautiful doorways in the world. tor Colonial beauty on a smaller scale— some typical town houses in Williamsburg. PHOTOS BY PRATT. St. George Tucker, law professor, lived here in 1789.
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